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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1955

Page

8

Chicago Livestock Prices Reported At Chicago Market

June 6 livestock section shows hogs bidding up to 20.95 and 20.15 for No. 1 and No. 2 at the peak, steers and yearlings around 16.20 to 16.90, cows and heifers trading 11.50 to 26.00 in various categories, and sheep and lambs pushing 18.00 to 24.90 for prime and high quality lots. The report notes highest hog prices since Sept 1954 and includes ranges for pelts, lambs, and slaughter cattle.

Chicago USDA

Treasury cash statement May 1957 balance and year’s withdrawals

Washington report shows a June 1 cash balance of 5 087 703 271.18 with deposits and withdrawals for the fiscal year July 1957 to June 1957 totaling 41 751 231 997.05. The debt not subject to statutory limits is 7 - includes 9995 480 447.20 and assets total 21 674 172 36.42.

Washington Fe 4 Gebt Ny Geen Tenaad

Chicago Grain Market Reports Mixed Trading on Futures

Wheat and soybeans led the downward move on the Board of Trade with slight gains in corn amid a generally firm market. July wheat closed at 1.06 percent lower, with other Paris contracts down around 2 percent while corn and oats posted modest losses and rye mixed. Cash grain showed limited activity with light demand and several grain types noted as available in various grades.

Chicago Board of Trade

Baltimore Grain Prices and Receipts Report

Baltimore grain market round up shows flour receipts zero with detailed wheat prices for No 2 red garlicky and June garlicky notes. Wheat receipts tallied at 316 345 bushels with shipments of 50 000 bushels and stock 811 457 bushels. Barley receipts 2 450 bushels and shipments 12 328 bushels with rye showing no activity.

Baltimore Onis

Stock Market Hits New High on Ford CHO Pact

New York June 6 Stocks rose to a record as the Ford Motor CHO settlement boosted auto and steel shares and lifted the Dow Jones and rails slightly. The Associated Press 60 shared index rose 60 cents to 167.20, while the industrial average climbed to 225.60. U S Steel and other industrials rallied amid ongoing steel negotiations set to begin tomorrow.

New York Ford Motor The CHO Amost Associated Press Chrysler General Motors Ford G. M U. S. Steel Bethlehem Republic Steel Reynolds Metals Aluminum Ltd St. Regis Paper Sperry Zenith Radio Sperry Rand Ashland Oil Colorado Fuel & Iron U.S. Treasury

Baltimore Livestock Market Report Prices June 6

Readable figures show cattle holds around 200 head with steers 1120 lb at 25.00, mixed good and utility cows 9.00-18.00, hogs 100-220 lb 20.25-21.09, sows under 400 lb 4.75, sheep 23.00-24.00 for good to prime. Listings include calves stockers 16.25-20.00 and various weights across hogs, cows, and lambs.

Baltimore USDA

Wreck Victim In Satisfactory Condition In Head-On Route 10 Crash

Myrtle Bishop 19 of Princeton remains in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital after a two car head-on collision on State Route 10 near Matoaka. Junior Smith 32 of Helen suffered a possible fractured arm. a 17-year-old driver faces charges for driving left of center. Both cars a Mercury and a Chevrolet were total losses. Investigating officers Trooper Wynne and John Tryall reported.

Myrtle Bishop Princeton Memorial Hospital Matoaka Junior Smith Helen Miss Bishop Russell Potter Smith Justice of the Peace Cris W. Barton J. F. Wynne John Tryall

Registration Law Clarified in Tazewell County

In Tazewell on May 14 registrars were told to halt county voter registrations due to election complications. An attorney general ruling extends registration until June 11 and the electoral board informs registrars accordingly. Virginia law requires a registrar and three judges 15 days before a local election and allows county voters to register for the upcoming primary on July 12.

Tazewell Electoral Board

Butter and Eggs Market Updates and Coal Mine Report

New York June 6 USDA notes prices steady as receipts over two days total 23 thousand. Nearby butter 0-41 with 43450 pounds. Browns top quality 4 1 held, med 36 36s, smalls 32-39. Creamery 91 AA 58-58 1/2 cents, 92 A 57-56, B 56 1/2. Open pit mines extract about 100 million tons of soft coal in the US.

New York USDA

Coal Loadings Rise for Norfolk and Western Rail

Norfolk and Western coal loadings climbed to a weekly record of 19 400 cars for May 27 to June 3, surpassing any week since November 15, 1952. Daily totals were 3 705 on Monday, 4 070 on Tuesday, 3 949 on Thursday, with 733 on Friday and a prior week total of 18 663 cars.

Norfolk and Western N&w

California High School Leader Robber, Jailed

James T. Joiner aged 19, Wilson High School student body president, is jailed on armed robbery charges after police say he and friend Jimmy Workman robbed a restaurant and a loan company of 9300 dollars. Det. Lorin Martin notes the duo had earlier stolen 8400 from a restaurant on May 22 and 900 from a loan office on April 26.

Long Beach Calif James T. Joiner Wilson High School Lorin Martin Jimmy Workman Joiner Martin

Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery

New healing substance Bio-Dyne shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows reduction while easing discomfort, with patients declaring piles no longer a problem. Available as suppository or ointment under Preparation H with money back guarantee.

New York, N. Y U.S

Railroads Seek Permanent 1952 Freight Rate Hikes

Railroads petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to make permanent the 12 to 15 percent freight rate increases set in 1952, arguing continued need beyond December 31 1955. The ICC also weighs the National Coal Association demand to cancel the 12 percent coal increase. Prepared by Graham E. Getty of the Association of American Railroads.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission ICC National Coal Assn Graham E. Getty Asst Assn. of America Railroads

REA loan limitations eased by House bill passage

The House approved and sent to the White House a bill removing REA lending formula restrictions. The action follows widespread farm electrification with REA reporting 95 percent of farms now receive electricity.

Washington House White House Rural Electrification Administration REA Congress

New Certified Service Put Into Effect By Post Office

The Post Office Department began its new certified mail service today, a cheaper alternative to registered mail for items of no monetary value. For 15 cents plus regular postage, delivery is recorded and kept for six months for proof. The stamp features carrier Robert Brancroft, 39, the first living postal employee pictured on a stamp. The agency also announced twelve upcoming stamps: Theodore Roosevelt 6c Woodrow Wilson 7c Mount Vernon 14c The Alamo 9c Independence Hall 10c Monticello 20c Benjamin Franklin 1c Robert E. Lee 1c John Marshall 40c Susan B. Anthony 50c Patrick Henry 1 and Alexander Hamilton 5.

Washington Post Office Department Robert &. Brancroft Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Mount Vernon the Alamo Independence Hall Monticello Benjamin Franklin Robert E. Lee John Marshall Susan B. Anthony Paterick Henry Alexander Hamilton

Bluefield Board Approves Graduates and Library Furnishings

The Bluefield board met in the library with fourteen in attendance and approved forty six graduates as having completed work toward graduation. They accepted a contract for library furniture from the Library Bureau of Remington Rand and noted funds in the bank to pay for new buildings and furnishings. A Mau Mau leader was captured near Nairobi in Kenya.

Board of Trustees Bluefield A Eee Library Bureau Remington Rand

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